What would be like if you possessed the gift of forgiveness and you forgave from your heart people for whom if it difficult to forgive?
What would it be like if you welcomed all people into your heart and spirit?
What would it be like if your possessed the gift of hope and refused to be discouraged even by the significant challenges of life?
What would it be like if you possessed the gift of joy where you see all of life as a gift of God for which you are grateful?
What it be like if you possessed the gift of faith in which you trust in God's abiding presence to you?
These gifts are the gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts are not too good to be true. We are a Spirit-filled people. This is our grace as we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost.
As we celebrate Pentecost in 2014, allow yourself to be loved by the Spirit of Jesus. These are questions the Holy Spirit is asking of you: Do you love me enough to forgive your failures as I have forgiven you? Do you love me enough to sacrifice a bit of your personal lifestyle so that others may live better? Do you love me enough to welcome all people into your heart and spirit? Do you love me enough to use your God-given giftedness for the building up of our faith community?
The great gift of Pentecost is that it has the capacity to enlarge and expand our human hearts. Clearly one of the signs of the Spirit of Jesus is our midst is the commitment of Father Bill and Father Bob as they celebrate their 60th anniversary of priesthood. May we too claim our Spirit-filled giftedness.
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